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    Former district judge Brian Sandoval announces run for Governor

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    September 16, 2009[edit]

    Nevada: Brian Sandoval of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada resigned from his life-term as a district judge effective September 15, 2009. Once his resignation was final, Sandoval announced his plans to enter the Republican primary for Governor of Nevada. He will be running against incumbent Jim Gibbons. Sandoval is the first federal judge ever to retire from a lifetime seat in order to pursue politics, according to retired state archivist Guy Rocha.[1]

    From 1994 to 1998, Sandoval served as a member of the Nevada State Assembly. From 1998 to 2001, he served on the Nevada Gaming Commission. In 2002, Sandoval was elected to be Nevada's Attorney General. Sandoval was sworn into office in 2003 and served in that capacity until his appointment to the federal bench in 2005. He was nominated to the federal bench by President George W. Bush.[2] Sandoval cites his experience in public office as reason to enter the gubernatorial race, saying "I have served in all three branches of government".[3]

    Respondents to a poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. picked Sandoval as their top candidate in the Republican primary, over Gibbons, former North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon, or former state Senator Joe Heck.[4]

    Footnotes[edit]

    1. ↑ Reno Gazette-Journal "Sandoval gives up his seat as judge" August 14, 2009
    2. ↑ Judge Sandoval's Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
    3. ↑ "Former judge to run for governor" Nevada Appeal, September, 17, 2009 (dead link)
    4. ↑ "Sandoval, former U.S. district judge, to run for governor" Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 2009

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